Desktop.ini & Folder.htt virus HTML.Redlof.A is a Virus

Remove Desktop.ini & Folder.htt virus HTML.Redlof.A

We normally think that Desktop.ini and Folder.htt are the windows supporting file because the naming convention is in such a way. However, they are one of the most annoying viruses.
Most of us after use pen drives for data transfer and they are the one carry dangerous viruses. Here is trick how to remove Desktop.ini and Folder.htt

Redlof is polymorphic virus that embeds itself without any attachment to every e-mail sent from the infected system. It executes when an infected email message is viewed The HTML.Redlof.A is a very pestering virus. Amazingly it doesn’t create any loss of data or it doesn’t any personal information across the net.
However, the terrified thing is, It actually comes in the form of a script. The script is copied onto several other .htm, .html, .vbs, .asp, .htt, .jsp files on your hard drive. Then whenever any of these files are executed, the script is copied onto more files which create more files and so on.

VBS/Redlof.A@m executes directly from an infected message by using security vulnerability in Internet Exlorer known as Microsoft VM ActiveX Control Vulnerability.
Vulnerability and a fix is available from Microsoft:
The virus also infects files with extensions "htm", "html", "asp", "php", "jsp", "htt" or "vbs".

Redlof drops the following infected files:
\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery\blank.html
\Windows\System\Kernel32.dll
\Windows\web\kjwall.gif
\Windows\system32\desktop.ini

"blank.html" is used to replace the default stationeries for both Outlook and Outlook Express via registry causing that the every message sent from an infected system will carry the virus.
The "Kernel32.dll" is also set to registry so that it will be executed on the system restart:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Kernel32

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